List of Jazz artists by genre.



Ok, why artists by genre? Well, you may know the name of a jazz artist or you may know their musical genre. So in this page I will try to give you choices of catagories so it will be easier for you to find the name of the artist .

The catagories would be based on alphabetical order, based on genres, or based on their countries of origin or based on the musical instruments they played.

Let’s start with the catagory of artists by genres. You can click on one of the genres below to see the list of jazz musicians within that genre. It is a great tool for you to explore the music you enjoy and to find out about a certain artist whom you know but not certain of which style they are playing.

So here they are, I am sure that the information will benefit you to find proper reference.

A

  • Acid blues
  • Acid jazz
  • Afro-jazz
  • Asian American jazz
  • Avant-garde jazz

B

  • Bebop
  • Bebop Blues
  • Blues Funk or Known as Funk Jazz
  • Boogie-Woogie
  • Bossa nova British dance band

C

  • Calypso jazz
  • Cape jazz
  • Chamber jazz
  • Chicago style
  • Continental Jazz
  • Cool jazz
  • Crossover jazz
  • Cubop

D

E

  • Ethno jazz
  • European free jazz

F

G

  • Gypsy jazz

H

  • Hard bop

J

  • Jazz blues
  • Jazz-funk
  • Jazz fusion
  • Jazz rap
  • Jazz rock

K

  • Kansas City blues
  • Kansas City jazz

L

  • Latin jazz
  • Livetronica

M

  • M-Base
  • Mainstream jazz
  • Modal jazz

N

  • Neo-bop jazz
  • Neo-swing
  • Novelty ragtime
  • Nu jazz

O

  • Orchestral jazz

P

  • Post-bop
  • Punk jazz

R

  • Ragtime

S

  • Shibuya-kei
  • Ska jazz
  • Smooth jazz
  • Soul
  • Soul jazz
  • Stride jazz
  • Straight-ahead jazz
  • Swing
  • Swing Third stream

T

  • Trad jazz

U

  • Urban jazz

V

  • Vocal jazz
  • Vocalese

W

  • West Coast Gypsy jazz
  • West Coast jazz